Sentences with phrase «of education tech»

What PCAST is saying is that between NSF and ED, in order to deliver on the extraordinary promise of education tech, we should be investing in platforms that make it easier for someone to design a great course.

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A key driver of Atlanta's attractiveness to tech companies is its reputation for higher education, especially for churning out skilled engineers.

The booming tech industry in Texas's state capital gets most of the attention, but the education, health, and leisure - and - hospitality sectors have added more than 11,000 jobs in the past year.

Here are six big ideas about how tech incumbents are about to drastically change the face of education:

Meanwhile, West is contributing to the tech education of SMBs.

Shaken up by the advent of digital tech, education is changing.

It's an interesting model for rapidly educating software engineers, particularly considering that a recent study about the New York tech industry found that half of New York City's technical work force doesn't have a traditional college education.

• Legends of Learning, a Washington D.C. - based education tech company, raised $ 9 million in funding from undisclosed investors.

Education - tech startup InstaEDU has made collaborating with partners part of its growth strategy.

In the pilot episode of HBO's sitcom Silicon Valley, the character of Peter Gregory, a billionaire tech investor, delivers a TED Talk in which he smugly rails against traditional education.

«Tech has radically shifted how we think about productivity and learning, yet we're still teaching our children the same way we taught them 100 years ago,» says Geoff Ralston, founder of 2 - year - old education technology incubator Imagine K12.

I spoke with experts in the fields of education, health, biotech, and clean tech to find out what major changes are afoot this year in the world of innovation and how you can get in on the action.

Ed - tech sector is booming By Erica Alini, MacLean's October 29, 2012 Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.

By investing in the education of women in tech, the company is not only creating a more diverse applicant pool but also attracting female engineers through its exemplary commitment to education and inclusion.

While a background at a consumer tech company might seem like an odd fit for an education startup, it actually makes a lot of sense, said Modi.

In addition to the tech mogul's widespread revolutionizing of communication through social media, the couple is using their power to research and improve global health, education, and community through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

1871 counts 100 companies in health care I.T., and 24 in education, the latter of which are bringing tech solutions to the classroom.

The no - holds - barred piece draws on recent research published in Teaching and Teacher Education, as well as older reviews of the scientific literature on so - called digital natives, to review whether the recent mania for tech in education has solid scientific fouEducation, as well as older reviews of the scientific literature on so - called digital natives, to review whether the recent mania for tech in education has solid scientific foueducation has solid scientific foundations.

I got the right education, did the work, got tons of experience, built a rolodex of who's who in the tech industry, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Some of the individuals were behind «megagifts» of $ 200 million to $ 2 billion, big checks most often associated with tech - industry tycoons trying to solve the world's biggest problems — from developing world poverty to lack of universal education — in one bank transfer of epic proportions.

Last month the Canadian high - tech lobby group Information and Communication Technology Council along with Music Canada jointly made the case for increased government support of arts education, especially music, on the basis that music students «performed better in general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, mathematics and IQ,» are more creative and have better social skills.

That's why startups should encourage a culture of continuous learning, especially tech education..

Oracle is one of many tech companies investing in education, and helping students to become tech literate.

He spends lots of time writing about education, tech, and startups.

Social Health Startup Bootcamp (#SXSHbooty): Following on the success of the 2012 bootcamp, join us for another year of education, inspiration, and funding advice for (social) health tech startups.

As a cofounder at New York - based General Assembly, Hargreaves noticed a growing housing crisis affecting the tech education provider's students, many of whom couldn't meet the rigorous rental requirements stipulated by landlords in New York City.

George Yip, Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Imperial College Business School Chao Xiaojuan, Founder and CEO, BZN Chen Chen, Co-founder and CEO, Saphlux Li Haoyang, Founder, Yixue Education Wu Chenbing, Founder and president, EpimAb Zhu Wenlei, Chairman and CTO, Chaitin TECH Moderator: Clay Chandler, Executive Editor, International, Time Inc. and Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum

A Brainstorm TECH task force of leading educators, technologists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and investors will present their recommendations for addressing the persistent gap between the digital innovations in K — 12 education and what's actually available to the vast majority of children.

«The major drivers for the growth of Indian online supplemental education space will be engaging course material, inventive pedagogy and (attempts by ed - tech firms to) reach out to the distant locations of the country which have minimal supplemental education infrastructure,» Mukesh Kumar, associate consultant, RedSeer Consulting, said in a statement.

Through our campus - based school system, the company offers specialized technical education programs under the banner of the well - known brands Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI), Marine Mechanics Institute (MMI) and NASCAR Technical Institute (NASCAR Tech).

Boston Boston, home to a wealth of bleeding - edge health — and education - tech startups (and the world - class universities and hospitals that often feed into them in one way or another), has laid claim to the Number One spot on the ITM report for two consecutive years.

Education - focused publishing house S Chand & Company Ltd will invest an additional amount of Rs 35 lakhs ($ 53,891) in ed - tech...

Every February, our Global Conference brings compelling updates from the changing panorama of the tech world — and we put it all together for 2.5 days of dynamic content and education.

February 5: Former employees of Facebook and Google help launch the education campaign The Truth About Tech to explore tech addiction and the mental health consequences of using social meTech to explore tech addiction and the mental health consequences of using social metech addiction and the mental health consequences of using social media.

The foundation's mission is, as stated on its website, «to prevent Virginia Tech - type shootings through education and advocacy; to employ comprehensive educational efforts to expand community and student awareness of campus safety issues; and to offer compassion, support, and hope to those affected by violence.»

Its network includes global prodigy mentors and investors with specialization in the fields of IoT, Sensor Technology, big data, robotics, med - tech, education, mobile and payments and are working in collaboration with the Indo - US corridor.

Two years ago, I visited a school in Brooklyn called P - TECH, the Pathways in Technology early college high school, which seemed very much like the future of education to me.

Manny sits on a number of advisory boards in the education and not - for - profit sectors, and is an active Advisor and Angel Investor in Vancouver's tech community, having invested in startups including Picatic, MyBestHelper, Change Heroes, ShareShed, Feeding Change, and GKup.

Kambiz Djafari is currently the CEO and Co-founder of Edgecoin.io, a blockchain tech start - up that aims to make education smart by bringing it on the blockchain.

The University of Washington's CSE program plays a vital role in our region's technology ecosystem and is a recognized leader in education, as well as diversity in tech.

Kansas City fared better than New York City and Los Angeles in metrics such as tech workers per capita, share of workers with a Bachelor's degree or higher, entrepreneurial growth and share of «knowledge» workers, defined as those in occupations such as architecture, social science, health care and education.

Vancouver - headquartered China Education Resources, Inc. (CER), an ed - tech company with leading technology of intelligent system and contents to provide online / offline learning, training courses and social media for teachers, students and education professionals, announced its audited financial results for the year ended December Education Resources, Inc. (CER), an ed - tech company with leading technology of intelligent system and contents to provide online / offline learning, training courses and social media for teachers, students and education professionals, announced its audited financial results for the year ended December education professionals, announced its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017.

In most Third World countries, very little attention has been given to soil - conservation education or the practice of conservation tech - niques — a lack that has produced alarming results.

Split into the categories of well - being, tech, environment, business, creativity, future you, changemakers, sport and adventure and food and education, there's surely something to be found for every taste.

If he is not re-instated, a public exoneration of his character on the part of Texas Tech University should be forthcoming, since Mr. Bethel's future opportunities for an education as well as an athletic career have been jeopardized.»

Jayne Clare, a 30 - year veteran Special Education teacher, and tech enthusiast manages this site along with a handful of teachers, therapists, and interns.

But with increasing dissatisfaction over the high - stakes testing currently consuming mainstream education; the growing recognition of the many benefits a child receives through experiences with art, movement, and nature; a concern over a reliance on technology by younger and younger students; and the news that leaders in the high - tech industry are touting the lifelong benefits of low - tech Waldorf schools in educating their own children, more and more parents and educators are taking a closer look at the Waldorf approach and what it has to offer.

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From high - tech to no - frills, quality early education programs come in a variety of shapes and sizes — and with various amenities.

... The first grants will support Computer Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).»